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Distinctive Feature

Definition: Distinctive Feature

Distinctive Feature

Noun

1. An odd or unusual characteristic.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Distinctive Feature

Synonym: peculiarity (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Distinctive Feature

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Speciality

Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Distinctive Feature

English words defined with "distinctive feature": differentiate, distinguishhistoric periodmarkzone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "distinctive feature": pretest. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Distinctive Feature

DomainTitle

Books

  • Distinctive feature analysis of misarticulations (reference)

  • Foundations of Distinctive Feature Theory (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Distinctive Feature

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Francisella tularensis is a poorly staining, very tiny gram-negative coccobacillus (0.2-0.7 m), seen mostly as single cells. Bipolar staining is not a distinctive feature. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Historic Usage: Distinctive Feature

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

The abolition of existing property relations is not at all a distinctive feature of Communism. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Distinctive Feature

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

France

The most distinctive feature of the French judicial system is that it is divided into the Constitutional Council and the Council of State. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Distinctive Feature

Language Translations for "distinctive feature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

varemærkets distinktive element (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onderscheidend kenmerk van het merk (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tunnusmerkki (characteristic, mark, sign). (various references)

   

French

  

élément distinctif de la marque (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

German

  

unterscheidungsmerkmal (differential). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διακριτικό χαρακτηριστικό του σήματος (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

Italian

  

elemento distintivo del marchio (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

弁別 性 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

べ"べつそせい. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

istinctiveday eaturefay

   

Portuguese

  

elemento distintivo da marca (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отличительная черта (lineament). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

elemento distintivo de la marca (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Distinctive Feature

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-i-i-i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u-v"

-3 letters: underactivities.

-5 letters: adventuristic, retentivities, taciturnities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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